A woman's reality seen through out a day in her life. She makes herself ready for a party at midnight while wondering if there is any meaning to her mundane activities. Winner of Best Brazilian Short Film at the **Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival**.

Judgment comes to a man who must reckon with the state of his monotonous existence. He must physically confront the commonplace clichés that most of us tell ourselves instead of following our dreams. He will live a humdrum life or he will break through the walls of conformity to climb his personal mountains.

The world is closing in on 14 year-old Greta Driscoll. A teen at a cross roads, she can't bear to leave her childhood behind because it contains all the delightful things that give her comfort in this otherwise incomprehensible world. Existing in a bubble of security alongside only friend Elliott, Greta's parents decide to throw her a surprise birthday party where she's taken well out of her comfort zone and flung into a strange parallel world of ludicrous circumstances and twisted logic, a place where only she can find herself. A colorful coming-of-age tale set in 1970's Australia, featuring funky music and inspired dance sequences GIRL ASLEEP is a bold journey into the absurd, scary and beautiful heart of the teenage mind. Nominated for Best Feature Film in the Generation 14plus competition at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"Plays like the love child of Jane Campion and Guy Maddin, an otherworldly quinceañera that celebrates female rites of passage and the hallucinatory power of film." - Serena Donadoni, **Village Voice***

Little Billy is forced by his aunt to clean his uncle's headstone daily. One day at the cemetery, Billy meets a little phantom who changes his life forever. Narrated by **Oscar**-winner, Tilda Swinton. Nominated for Best Short Film at the **Venice Film Festival.**

A pop sci-fi lesbian extravaganza set in the year 2700 in the fictional burned-out city of Asche that follows the tangled lives of three women. This story of obsession and revenge is also an anti-romantic plea for love in all its many forms. A truly underground film shot on Super 8 and newly restored, Flaming Ears is original for its playful disruption of narrative conventions, its witty approach to film genre, and its punk visual splendor.

Follow cryptozookeepers through a hallucinatory world as they struggle to capture a Baku, and begin to wonder if they should display these rare beasts in the confines of a zoo, or if these mythical creatures should remain hidden and unknown.

The editors of Stash Magazine transport you into six alternate futures with a selection of outstanding sci-fi short films by an international group of visionary young directors.

This stark, stunning debut feature is loosely based on a Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name, and stars Björk in her first on-screen performance. Set in medieval Iceland, THE JUNIPER TREE follows Margit (BjörK) and her older sister Katla as they flee for safety after their mother is burned to death for witchcraft. Finding shelter and protection with Johan, and his resentful young son, Jonas, the sisters help form an impromptu family unit that's soon strained by Katla's burgeoning sorcery. Nominated for the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival.** "*Distinctive, ambitious, and genuinely poetic.*" - ***The Los Angeles Times***

A fresh take on the coming-of-age story, this surreal tale follows the artistically driven Oscar (*American Crime*'s Connor Jessup) hovering on the brink of adulthood. Struggling to find his place in the world after a rough childhood and haunted by images of a tragic incident, Oscar dreams of escaping his small town. After he meets a mysterious and attractive new co-worker, Oscar follows the guidance of his pet hamster Buffy (voiced by Isabella Rossellini) and faces his demons to find the life he wants. Nominated for the LGBTQ Film of the Year by the **Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association**. Winner of Best Canadian Feature Film at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. *"One way to tell a promising director is by the acting in his or her film, and the performances in CLOSET MONSTER are solid all the way around, no matter how small the role." - G. Allen Johnson, **San Francisco Chronicle***

After receiving a cryptic message, American skeptic Jamie journeys deep into the Indian Himalayas to pick up on the trail of his girlfriend who has disappeared. There, he discovers a secretive community led by a guru (**Oscar-winner** Melissa Leo) with strange and mystical powers who may or may not be involved in her disappearance. As Jamie travels deeper down the rabbit hole, he quickly realizes that this mysterious community may be harboring secrets far beyond anything he could have ever imagined. THE ASHRAM is a spiritual thriller about the lengths one man goes to, in this world and beyond, to rescue the love of his life.

Ana joins an army of girls engaged in a never-ending war. Ana trains as a sharpshooter and discovers newfound freedom and courage. Though she finds strength, she comes to realize that she's not the killer they want her to be.

A group of friends camping in the South African countryside wake up to discover they've all swapped bodies. Stranded in the wilderness, they'll have to navigate a personal-political labyrinth if their lives are ever to be the same again. Nominated for the Crystal Bear in the Generation 14plus - Best Film competition and the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. *"HIGH FANTASY is an inventive and entertaining South African feature that cleverly yokes heavy subject matter to an agile DIY aesthetic." - Adam Nayman, **Cinema Scope***